1. Jefferson Davis
... generals. Bragg, Beauregard, Van Dorn, Pemberton, Polk, Buckner, Hood, Forrest, Morgan, and the Johnstons were a proud, contentious, and uneven lot. Few could be classed with the likes of a Lee or a Jackson in the east. Mr. Davis was present with General Lee at the battle of Fair Oaks on 31 May, and, after the wounding of General Joseph Johnston in that engagement, assigned ... on December 5, 1889 in New Orleans. His funeral was said to be one of the largest of its time.(Vandiver 18) Works Cited Chadwick, Bruce. The Two American Presidents, a Dual Biography of Abraham Lincoln and Jeffer...
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- Grade Level: High School